Noone is squeaky clean...but it's ok
THE NEWBO REPORT
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With all of the scandals, acts of infidelity and downright mistakes made by some of the most recognizable sports, entertainment and political figures it is safe to say that we can make the determination that NO ONE IS SQUEAKY CLEAN!!! We are all human and capable of making mistakes or being cheaters or being liars or even doing things that make people scratch wonder what you were thinking.
But I'm here to say that it's ok, in todays society where everything and everyone has a support group or a following that will ride in your favor for better or for worse you can come back from just about anything. Where 10-15 years ago your mistakes would follow you forever, these days you will find that people will actually get behind you even more when the find you have a chink in your armour.
I know I can't speak for everyone, but I personally feel as if I can relate to Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods alittle bit more because I now know that they are not these perfect people the media built them up tp be. Growing up watching them on TV knowing young girls who talked about some of the things they would do to them if the ever had a chance I always wondered if they would ever act out it. As I got older and started to know girl who actually had sexual encounter with public figures and how they went about offering sexual advances I refused to believe ANY MARRIED MAN could refuse. Are Tiger & Kobe wrong? I'm not here to judge all I can say is that I feel I can relate to them alittle better, the same for Michael Jordan.
And it doesn't just stop at infidelity. Marijuana use is another thing, Michael Phelps was caught doing something that is done by so many. And who is to say that just because he got caught one time that he has only ever done it one time or that he doesn't still do it? Was Michael Phelps wrong? Either way I'm not mad at him because now I feel like I can relate to him because I know he is a real person and not some robot who just swims and practices swimming.
Plaxicco Burress is another good example, he is 4 months into a 2 year prison sentence for once again doing something that many do. Gilbert Arenas & Javaris Crittendon are soon to be in the same boat because guns have no place in clubs or locker rooms and I will say that. But at the same time I personally don't but I know alot of people who have a new found respect for all three of those men because they see that they have imperfections.
In closing I know that alot of these examples I used today have negative stigmas & connotations but that it the world we live in and for parents (I am now one too) who are trying to raise their children in gated communities or putting outrageous restrictions on them to keep them from lifes harsh realities addressing these issues head first will do alot better than them seeing it on TV and trying to search for the answers. And for all you athletes or aspiring athletes just know that those who came before have made mistakes and had many transgressions and were able to come back from them. Just know that noone is squeaky clean...but its ok.
2010: THE YEAR OF THE NEW BLACK OVERCLASS
BLOG #1
With all of the scandals, acts of infidelity and downright mistakes made by some of the most recognizable sports, entertainment and political figures it is safe to say that we can make the determination that NO ONE IS SQUEAKY CLEAN!!! We are all human and capable of making mistakes or being cheaters or being liars or even doing things that make people scratch wonder what you were thinking.
But I'm here to say that it's ok, in todays society where everything and everyone has a support group or a following that will ride in your favor for better or for worse you can come back from just about anything. Where 10-15 years ago your mistakes would follow you forever, these days you will find that people will actually get behind you even more when the find you have a chink in your armour.
I know I can't speak for everyone, but I personally feel as if I can relate to Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods alittle bit more because I now know that they are not these perfect people the media built them up tp be. Growing up watching them on TV knowing young girls who talked about some of the things they would do to them if the ever had a chance I always wondered if they would ever act out it. As I got older and started to know girl who actually had sexual encounter with public figures and how they went about offering sexual advances I refused to believe ANY MARRIED MAN could refuse. Are Tiger & Kobe wrong? I'm not here to judge all I can say is that I feel I can relate to them alittle better, the same for Michael Jordan.
And it doesn't just stop at infidelity. Marijuana use is another thing, Michael Phelps was caught doing something that is done by so many. And who is to say that just because he got caught one time that he has only ever done it one time or that he doesn't still do it? Was Michael Phelps wrong? Either way I'm not mad at him because now I feel like I can relate to him because I know he is a real person and not some robot who just swims and practices swimming.
Plaxicco Burress is another good example, he is 4 months into a 2 year prison sentence for once again doing something that many do. Gilbert Arenas & Javaris Crittendon are soon to be in the same boat because guns have no place in clubs or locker rooms and I will say that. But at the same time I personally don't but I know alot of people who have a new found respect for all three of those men because they see that they have imperfections.
In closing I know that alot of these examples I used today have negative stigmas & connotations but that it the world we live in and for parents (I am now one too) who are trying to raise their children in gated communities or putting outrageous restrictions on them to keep them from lifes harsh realities addressing these issues head first will do alot better than them seeing it on TV and trying to search for the answers. And for all you athletes or aspiring athletes just know that those who came before have made mistakes and had many transgressions and were able to come back from them. Just know that noone is squeaky clean...but its ok.
2010: THE YEAR OF THE NEW BLACK OVERCLASS
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